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Fountain, CO

29,327 Population
22.3 square miles 1,312.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$35,115 ±$2,921 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $44,315 ±$567
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$85,246 ±$5,602 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $87,180 ±$1,170
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

8.7% ±2.8% (2,552  ±830) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 8.5% 62,848 (±0.5% / ±3,363)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

26.2 minutes ±1.4 (340,475  ±28,193) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 23.8 7,760,385 (±0.3 / ±117,434)
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

10,367 ±518 Number of households
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 294,427 ±1,044
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.8 ±0.1 (29,319  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 2.5 739,108 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

5.2% ±2.4% (437  ±205) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 5.5% 10,051 (±0.5% / ±885)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

10,899 ±575 Number of housing units
  • the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 310,269 ±146
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$374,600 ±$15,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: $431,600 ±$3,520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

16.2% ±3.1% (4,696  ±896.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 19% 142,650 (±0.7% / ±4,949.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

95.2% ±5.3% (17,242  ±1,227.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 95.2% 481,666 (±1% / ±5,251.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
32.6% ±4% (5,895  ±768.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 41% 207,530 (±0.7% / ±3,319)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.4% ±1.5% (1,881  ±438) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 6.7% 50,607
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

22.5% ±2.5% (4,350  ±533) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area: 15.9% 87,149 (±0.4% / ±2,304)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
4,350 Total veterans ±533 3,612 Male ±478 738 Female ±286

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